Multi Outcome Construction Policy (final report)

employ Aboriginal people, that supply government agencies. To achieve this objectiveGovernment agencies are to give priority to tender bids from businesses that are solelyowned by Aboriginal people, in partnership with Aboriginal people, or have implementedemployment programs for Aboriginal people.The State Supply Commission is the sponsoring agency for the Buy Local Policy. It ischarged with responsibility for administering the policy; conducting random audits ofgovernment agencies to assess their compliance with the policy; and reporting to the StateGovernment on this compliance.The State Government delivering agency(s), such as the DHW, are responsible forcontract management tasks including: defining the contract points and prescribeddistances in contract documents; calculating the impost and preferences; definingprovisions for breaches of the policy; monitoring and managing contracts to ensurecompliance; and recording and reporting the percentage of contracts awarded based onbusiness location.To make use of the policy, contractors need to calculate the total cost of goods, services,or items affected by the policy; and demonstrate compliance with their buy localcontractual commitments.The Aboriginal Enterprise & Employment Tendering Preference Policy also targetsindigenous employment. Its stated objective is to ‘…promote increased employment andeconomic opportunities for Aboriginal Western Australians by offering a tenderingpreference for tenders involving enterprises that employ, or are owned and operated byAboriginal residents of Western Australia’ (Aboriginal Enterprise and EmploymentTendering Preference Policy 2005: 1). The policy was implemented in December 2005,and will be reviewed in December 2007.This policy is implemented through the use of a tendering preference, which is dependenton whether the organisation employs Aboriginals or is an Aboriginal enterprise. The14